Victim: Jane Levine, thirty-one
COD: Internal injuries from weight of vehicle
TOD: Approximately 4:00 a.m.
General notes:
• Robbery not motive
• No sexual assault
• Victim was not a known witness, no one appeared to be delivering “messages”
• No drug or other illegal or organized crime connection
• No known enemies
• Present boyfriend has alibi
• Dated casually men met through work, health club, church—no bad breakups or stalkers
• Appears to be a random crime, likely a serial perpetrator
Evidence:
• Approximately 82 pounds of household trash, covering auto ramp to garage and floor of garage, probably from Dumpster in apartment building
• Duct tape
--used to subdue victim
--four nearly empty rolls located, probably taken from trash
--to be determined if one was the source of the tape used on victim
• Hair, some naturally detached from follicles, some cut
--approximately 930 separate samples
--human, animal? To be determined
• Shattered cinderblock
--one piece used to strike victim from behind
--all the pieces were spray painted, obscuring evidence (see paint below)
• Newspapers, magazines, direct mail pieces, apparently from trash and recycling bins; used, many items handled; therefore containing friction ridge prints
• Plastic spoons, forks, knives, food containers, beverage cups, coffee cartons, all used
--185 samples
--DNA, to be determined
• Swabs of human and/or animal organic materials, revealed by alternative light source
--saliva, semen, plasma, sweat, vaginal fluids?
--possibly delivered to the scene via strewing trash and medical waste
--742 swabs taken from different locations
--DNA, to be determined
• Fibers, cloth
--439 samples
• Fibers, nylon
--230 samples
• Fibers, metal
--25 samples
• Paint
--used throughout the site, presumably to obscure actual evidence
--oil-based spray
--Cans located, nearly empty, suggesting they were found in trash, rather than purchased
--eight to ten friction ridge prints on each can